Opinion Shaper: Our health care system needs overhauled

12:40 AM,
Jun. 22, 2013

Written by

Nancy Snyder
Guest columnist

Yes, you can go bankrupt even if you have health insurance. We all live in fear of losing our insurance through layoffs or job loss. Do you think you can afford Cobra insurance with no income? Think again. In spite of lawmakers' glib assurances, you cannot pay for Cobra for long with no job. In simple terms, your health care bill and mine are built on fantasy, not factual charges for expenses incurred. In America, we will spend more than $2.8 trillion this year alone for health care. For what you pay for one Nexium pill in the U.S., a person in France pays for eight of the same pills.